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Led by Curry who scored 24 points with 8 three-pointers, the U.S. men's basketball team defeated host France 98-87 to win the gold medal and successfully completed its fifth consecutive championship.

The gold medal match in the Paris Olympics was a repeat of the last Tokyo Olympics final, with the United States facing France. The United States also replicated the result and defeated France again. In fact, France has played against the United States four times in the 1948 London Olympics, the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and the 2024 Paris Olympics, but lost all four times.

In the first quarter of the game, Booker scored seven points to help the United States lead 20 to 15. In the second quarter, France closed the gap after Yabusele scored a buzzer-beater, but the United States still led 49 to 41.

After the start of the second half, the United States took a 61-47 lead in the third quarter, but France fought back and narrowed the gap to single digits. However, the United States led 72-66 after three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, France narrowed the score to three points, but Curry jumped out at this time, severely extinguished France's counterattack momentum, and finally led the United States to a crucial victory to reach the summit.

The United States has won five consecutive championships from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2012 London Olympics, the 2016 Rio Olympics, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, to this year's Paris Olympics. Durant won his fourth gold medal in the Olympics, surpassing Anthony who won three golds and one bronze, becoming the player with the most gold medals in men's basketball history.

But Curry, who has four NBA championship rings and has been named MVP twice, is winning an Olympic gold medal for the first time.

Curry made 8 of 12 three-pointers today, with a hit rate of 67%, scoring the highest 24 points for the US team. Durant and Booker each contributed 15 points. In addition to scoring 14 points, James also had 10 assists.

France's Wenban Yama scored a game-high 26 points, Yabusele scored 20 points, and De Colo scored 12 points.